OriginLearned borrowing from Old Norse vǫlva. Compare the more philologically accurate (but still not naturally inherited) vala.
- common-gendervölva (a prophetess)
Formsvölva(indefinite, nominative, singular) · völvas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · völvan(definite, nominative, singular) · völvans(definite, genitive, singular) · völvor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · völvors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · völvorna(definite, nominative, plural) · völvornas(definite, genitive, plural)
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